1992 Ford Explorer Strong Vibrations

I recently bought a 1992 Ford Explorer 4X4 and while driving down the
interstate the car will tend to shake drastically then alm down to a
slight shake and then back to a really bad one. In addition there is a
ticking/scraping noise coming from the drivers side front tire, on closer
inspection the tire is completely bald on the inside and looks brand new
on the outside(obviously an alignment is needed) In addition to an
alignment, what else would be causing the problems im describing? I was
thinking the wheel bearing could be shot..

Could be a whole lot of things, radius arm bushings, loose wheel
bearings, tires, bad shocks, alignment, worn parts in steering, etc.
Best get it to a good alignment shop and have them check it over.
When this happened to my '92 years ago, it was the Firestone tires.

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:29:15 -0500, "Airhead315"
> wrote:

>I recently bought a 1992 Ford Explorer 4X4 and while driving down the
>interstate the car will tend to shake drastically then alm down to a
>slight shake and then back to a really bad one. In addition there is a
>ticking/scraping noise coming from the drivers side front tire, on closer
>inspection the tire is completely bald on the inside and looks brand new
>on the outside(obviously an alignment is needed) In addition to an
>alignment, what else would be causing the problems im describing? I was
>thinking the wheel bearing could be shot..

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:29:15 -0500, "Airhead315"
> wrote:

>I recently bought a 1992 Ford Explorer 4X4 and while driving down the
>interstate the car will tend to shake drastically then alm down to a
>slight shake and then back to a really bad one. In addition there is a
>ticking/scraping noise coming from the drivers side front tire, on closer
>inspection the tire is completely bald on the inside and looks brand new
>on the outside(obviously an alignment is needed) In addition to an
>alignment, what else would be causing the problems im describing? I was
>thinking the wheel bearing could be shot..

Do the basics first...
Good tires, good balancing, good alignment, good shocks, good
suspension parts.
Those trucks tend to vibrate at a certain speed range anyway, and the
above will minimize it.
The fact that you didn't notice the bad tire indicates that there
could well be other problems that you haven't noticed yet. I'd suggest
taking it to a *good* alignment shop and let them look at it.

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